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hammered governor romney on his shape shifting. >> a few nights ago, suddenly a guy pretending to be mitt romney stood on a stage next to me and said he's changing his plan. he's just going to pretend it doesn't exist. what $5 trillion tax cut? what was being presented wasn't leadership. that's salesmanship. >> when the storm clouds clear, which romney will voters remember? the bone dry severe conservative or the misty massachusetts moderate? the paradox of the mittens, a multi volume extravaganza continues. john heilemann, what do we make, what do you specifically make, of this politico inside dope that says ann and tagg romney have been instrumental in this recalibrated mitt romney? >> i never want to take exception that anybody mike allen and jim vandehei write but maybe there's a straining to find a more biz zanty explanation than is necessarily the case. to question that ann romney was unhawpe with what was happening to her husband as any reasonable wife would be, given the way he was being portrayed and allowing people to portray himself. there's, you know, losing campaign, whi
hammered governor romney on his shape shifting. >> a few nights ago, suddenly a guy pretending to be mitt romney stood on a stage next to me and said he's changing his plan. he's just going to pretend it doesn't exist. what $5 trillion tax cut? what was being presented wasn't leadership. that's salesmanship. >> when the storm clouds clear, which romney will voters remember? the bone dry severe conservative or the misty massachusetts moderate? the paradox of the mittens, a multi...
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i guess i wondered was the romney campaign happy with christie's remarks last night? we saw -- we can play a little of the visual of mitt romney looking i will say uncomfortable, if not pained, during certain parts of christie's speech last night. what is the readout from where you are? >> well, of course the romney campaign did go through most of these speeches. they were perfectly aware of what all these folks were going to get up and say. you have to remember while this is mitt romney's convention, it is also the republican party's convention and the party as a whole has an interest in looking ahead and making sure they're setting up who they see as their rising stars to do well in future years. as one of our panelists was saying earlier, this was the time for christie to sort of set himself up for 2016, which was really unfortunate for him was having to follow ann romney. the whole hall was wrapped up in this personal story, thinking about mitt, their candidate and to have christie take the stage and start making references to the jersey shore was a little bit jar
i guess i wondered was the romney campaign happy with christie's remarks last night? we saw -- we can play a little of the visual of mitt romney looking i will say uncomfortable, if not pained, during certain parts of christie's speech last night. what is the readout from where you are? >> well, of course the romney campaign did go through most of these speeches. they were perfectly aware of what all these folks were going to get up and say. you have to remember while this is mitt...
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president obama the winner last night, sir? >> no question. i thought he dominated governor romney. he exposed so many weaknesses. we watched governor romney play fantasy football with the america economy to fund the $7 trillion, $8 trillion. the only answer is that he was a good businessman over the last 25 years. but i tell you what, wasn't very good as governor of massachusetts. because he left massachusetts with a $1 billion debt. and went from 35th in job creation to 47th. i was with governor duval patrick and wonder why he never talks about the time as govern nor of massachusetts. he did such a bad job that he had less than a 38% approval rating and could not run for re-election. the president had a great night. >> governor romney talked briefly about the record with a balanced budget and negated to say it's in the constitution for that to take place. let's bring up the polling. you have cbs poll. i believe a cnn poll. the fast polls indicating the president won the debate, agreeing with you but when asked who would do a better i don't know with the economy, at least in the cb
president obama the winner last night, sir? >> no question. i thought he dominated governor romney. he exposed so many weaknesses. we watched governor romney play fantasy football with the america economy to fund the $7 trillion, $8 trillion. the only answer is that he was a good businessman over the last 25 years. but i tell you what, wasn't very good as governor of massachusetts. because he left massachusetts with a $1 billion debt. and went from 35th in job creation to 47th. i was with...
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you heard the president last night with mr. romney. mr. romney being a different mr. romney than we've seen him for the last 18 months or the last section years. do you think even with the new hit romney that showed up last night when he starts talking about states' rights, when he starts talking about regulation or deregulation, when he starts saying he doesn't advocate $5 trillion tax cut when in fact the numbers prove that he does and has been advocating that, will that resonate with independent voters and/or undecided voters in your state of ohio? >> i don't think so. i think people realize that governor romney is still wrong on medicare and still wrong on trade and still wrong on jobs and still wrong on the middle class. i think that's increasingly clear. again it goes back to which path do you go. do you want to go back to the trickle down economics you give tax cuts to the rich and hope it helps the middle class or do you focus on the middle class and that's trait enforcement, it's i don't think training at community colleges like columbus state and sinclair. i
you heard the president last night with mr. romney. mr. romney being a different mr. romney than we've seen him for the last 18 months or the last section years. do you think even with the new hit romney that showed up last night when he starts talking about states' rights, when he starts talking about regulation or deregulation, when he starts saying he doesn't advocate $5 trillion tax cut when in fact the numbers prove that he does and has been advocating that, will that resonate with...
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do you think mitt romney passed the commander in chief test last night? >> well, actually, he didn't. the thing is when he goes out to partisan rallies, he tries to say his positions are different than the president's. that he's going to be tougher, stronger, meaner, more macho, more robust, greater resolve, greater force, more powerful. but when you pin him down on exactly what he would do, he has the same positions as the president and so he actually didn't pass the test because you can't say one thing in one place and something else somewhere else. foreign policy is built on the reputation of the president. and the commander in chief for clear vision and strong resolve, for consistency. that's what mitt romney failed on last night. >> let me play for you the analysis of the running mating this morning. here it is. >> we saw a man with a command of the facts, with the kind of temperament and demeanor that makes for a great president. >> commander of the facts and the temper and demeanor. there are a lot of analysts saying that he played it safe but also
do you think mitt romney passed the commander in chief test last night? >> well, actually, he didn't. the thing is when he goes out to partisan rallies, he tries to say his positions are different than the president's. that he's going to be tougher, stronger, meaner, more macho, more robust, greater resolve, greater force, more powerful. but when you pin him down on exactly what he would do, he has the same positions as the president and so he actually didn't pass the test because you...
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called mitt romney out for what he did last night. not just about his $5 trillion tax cut but a number of other things. and, you know, we'll continue doing that. as i was listening to your piece coming into me, and you talked about our ad. we went on the air today. we're going to continue doing it pointing out all the things mitt romney said last night that are basically not true. it's almost as if he forgot what the last six years of running for president meant. >> yeah. so are you -- i mean, there was a multi -- there were millions of people watching last night. over 60 million people watching. it was the biggest watch debate since 1980. are you worried people will believe mitt romney's lies if they're not countered in debates? >> ed, it's not as if these people are just tuning in right now. you know, this race has been going on for some time. they -- you know, they know that mitt romney has been campaigning for the last two years on a $5 trillion tax cut. that's the only piece of his economic policy. that's what he points to when h
called mitt romney out for what he did last night. not just about his $5 trillion tax cut but a number of other things. and, you know, we'll continue doing that. as i was listening to your piece coming into me, and you talked about our ad. we went on the air today. we're going to continue doing it pointing out all the things mitt romney said last night that are basically not true. it's almost as if he forgot what the last six years of running for president meant. >> yeah. so are you -- i...
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it only adds to mitt romney's 47% problem in tomorrow night's debate. >>> plus, republicans used to have no problem with far right agenda people like todd akin. now they're trying to hide who they really are. stay with us. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. governor of getting it done. you know how to dance... with a deadline. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. this is awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is, business pro. yes, it is. go national. go like a pro. begins with back pain and a choice. take advil, and maybe have to take up to four in a day. or take aleve, which can relieve pain all day with just two pills. good eye. like in a special ops mission? you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep, you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering w
it only adds to mitt romney's 47% problem in tomorrow night's debate. >>> plus, republicans used to have no problem with far right agenda people like todd akin. now they're trying to hide who they really are. stay with us. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. governor of getting it done. you know how to dance... with a deadline. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay...
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i think governor romney worked that strategy last night. i think his purpose which he achieved was to make people believe that he was a credible alternative as a commander in chief. i think he wanted to look presidential and he did. i think he wanted to present facts which he did and he wanted to give voters especially undecided voter just like that gentleman we just heard the comfort that he would be a commander in chief that they could have confidence in and i think he accomplished that. >> they want to reach the undecided and according to the insta-polls the score 2-1 in president obama's favor but the consensus seems to be that governor romney won the debate season because he came out so strong with the first debate. you couple that with the headlines seeing now. mayor reid, is two weeks enough time for the president to make up the lost ground after the first debate? >> first of all, i want to push back on this consensus that mitt romney won the debate season. i don't know where you're getting that from. the electoral college stands rig
i think governor romney worked that strategy last night. i think his purpose which he achieved was to make people believe that he was a credible alternative as a commander in chief. i think he wanted to look presidential and he did. i think he wanted to present facts which he did and he wanted to give voters especially undecided voter just like that gentleman we just heard the comfort that he would be a commander in chief that they could have confidence in and i think he accomplished that....
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ed gillespie said that on mitt romney's behalf last night. but then, update, today the campaign changed its mind and said, never mind, no, no, no, mitt romney is not against fair pay for women. of course, paul ryan voted against it in congress. the romney campaign used to say it did not know mr. romney's position on the subject. last night mr. romney himself refused to give a position, then the campaign said last night that he was against it, then today they say he's not against it, but he wouldn't repeal it, so maybe that means he's fine with it. everybody clear on that? the president went on today to talk about mr. romney's ideas on contraception, another area where mr. romney's campaign is an impenetrable mess. he got a big round of applause last night -- sorry, mr. obama got a big round of applause at his speech today for saying that nobody should be able to interfere with a weems access to contraception. again, like the connection between romney and george w. bush, and like the basic question of supporting or not supporting fair pay for
ed gillespie said that on mitt romney's behalf last night. but then, update, today the campaign changed its mind and said, never mind, no, no, no, mitt romney is not against fair pay for women. of course, paul ryan voted against it in congress. the romney campaign used to say it did not know mr. romney's position on the subject. last night mr. romney himself refused to give a position, then the campaign said last night that he was against it, then today they say he's not against it, but he...
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and the republican candidates, mitt romney, to the politically toxic republican. speaking at a fund-raiser in new york city last night, president obama quipped, "this is an individual who sits on the house committee on science and technology, but somehow missed science class. but it's representative of the desire to go backwards instead of forwards and to fight fights that we thought were settled 20 and 30 years ago. romney and paul ryan are trying their best to change the subject back to the economy. >> we've now had four years in a row with a president that's built $1 trillion deficits. it's bad economics, it's the wrong course for america. >> romney rolls out his energy policy in new mexico today, but though they've tried to talk jobs and debt, they've been dogged by questions about abortion. ryan, who once signed on to a bill with akin who opponents say could ban all abortion, even in the case of rape, tried wednesday to minimize differences with romney. >> i'm proud of my record. mitt romney's going to be the president and the president sets policy. his polic
and the republican candidates, mitt romney, to the politically toxic republican. speaking at a fund-raiser in new york city last night, president obama quipped, "this is an individual who sits on the house committee on science and technology, but somehow missed science class. but it's representative of the desire to go backwards instead of forwards and to fight fights that we thought were settled 20 and 30 years ago. romney and paul ryan are trying their best to change the subject back to...
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world as romney played it safe, agreeing with many of the president's positions all night. good morning, i'm willie geist. this is another special edition of rockerfeller. we are set up again at rack's downtown eatery in boca raton. last night the american public got its last side by side-view of the candidates before election day, two weeks from today. polls showing this race as tight as it can be. the president and governor romney sought to leave an impression on the tens of millions of americans watching at home before they head to the voting booths. let's go through what we saw in that debate hall last night at lynn university. the foreign policy issue many predicted would dominate the high, the attack in bengahzi essentially swept under the rug. out of the gate, the candidates focusing on a wide range of issues from iran to afghanistan and for a while even the auto bailout. less than five minutes into the debate, romney mentioned the death of osama bin laden. president obama came out as the aggressor and quickly fired back. >> a we're seeing is a dramatic reversal in t
world as romney played it safe, agreeing with many of the president's positions all night. good morning, i'm willie geist. this is another special edition of rockerfeller. we are set up again at rack's downtown eatery in boca raton. last night the american public got its last side by side-view of the candidates before election day, two weeks from today. polls showing this race as tight as it can be. the president and governor romney sought to leave an impression on the tens of millions of...
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. >> governor romney had a good night. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night. if you have a bad game, you just move on. you look forward to the next one and it makes you that much more determined. >>> plus, shifty business. now the romney folks are lying about lying. we have the tape to prove them wrong. >>> and putting profits over people, romney's got a big china problem. and it's already hurting him in ohio. you're watching "politicsnation" on msnbc. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it... in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. great taste. mmm... [ male announcer ] sounds good. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> mitt romney ripping the president about china but we're now learning romney has major investments there. mitt hypocrisy. that's next. uests love it! [ male announcer ] don't miss endless shrimp, just $14.99! try as much as you like
. >> governor romney had a good night. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night. if you have a bad game, you just move on. you look forward to the next one and it makes you that much more determined. >>> plus, shifty business. now the romney folks are lying about lying. we have the tape to prove them wrong. >>> and putting profits over people, romney's got a big china problem. and it's already hurting him in ohio....
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last night how did he do? did we see the real mitt romney? >> i think we definitely saw more of him. he opened up a little bit. i was struck by the emotion that he showed in talking about his sons in particular and sort of almost being wistful about how fast the time moves. i thought that was pretty effective. it wasn't that personal of a speech. so -- and i don't think anyone is expecting that doesn't know mitt romney. for him, someone who was very buttoned up and reluctant to get too much into his family life and certainly his faith, i think it was an opening up. i thought the most significant part of it was the degree to which he was willing to let people into his church life, both through his own words and then the very moving words, i thought, of the people who spoke from his congregation. >> one of the major tasks for republicans at this convention was to re-introduce romney to voters for ones that have gotten to know him over the past five years and certainly the ones that have been defined by the obama campaign as this plutocart. a re
last night how did he do? did we see the real mitt romney? >> i think we definitely saw more of him. he opened up a little bit. i was struck by the emotion that he showed in talking about his sons in particular and sort of almost being wistful about how fast the time moves. i thought that was pretty effective. it wasn't that personal of a speech. so -- and i don't think anyone is expecting that doesn't know mitt romney. for him, someone who was very buttoned up and reluctant to get too...
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how would you describe mitt romney's strategy last night? >> i think it's easy to lose sight of who the audience of the debate was, and it was independent voters. if you look at how the independent voters interpreted the results last night, triple p said they were less likely to stroet for obama afterwards and more likely it to vote for obama afterwards. it's a small sample. it shows the success of romney's strategy, which was to pass that presidential bar, but then also to be talking about these economic issues as much as he could whenever he could. whenever the debate pivoted back to economics, he dominated. i think that was very, very clear, and we saw it over and over again throughout the debate. >> one area he did not dominate and we'll play this clip later, the auto industry. i don't think anyone thinks he dominated on that subject matter and that's millions of jobs for a lot of people in states he needs, particularly ohio. jonathan, i want to bring up what joe scarborough had to say about romney's move to the center and the timing of
how would you describe mitt romney's strategy last night? >> i think it's easy to lose sight of who the audience of the debate was, and it was independent voters. if you look at how the independent voters interpreted the results last night, triple p said they were less likely to stroet for obama afterwards and more likely it to vote for obama afterwards. it's a small sample. it shows the success of romney's strategy, which was to pass that presidential bar, but then also to be talking...
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debate left him confused. >> last night you saw governor romney rushing to agree with the president on iraq, afghanistan, syria. he disavowed the foreign policy he's been running on for the past two years, just like that. half the time i didn't know whether governor romney was there to debate barack obama or endorse barack obama. it was hard to tell. >> 59.2 million television viewers watched last night's debate, down from 65.6 million who watched the second presidential debate. a cbs poll shows that 53% of uncommitted voters believe president obama won and only 23% believe romney one. and a reuters poll shows 37% obama won and 31% romney won. and 42% believe mitt romney won. today nate silver forecasts that on november 6th, president obama has a 73% chance of winning re-election and mitt romney will win 247 votes. >> i know you work while rush limbaugh is on. you actually overlap with him. >> i actually have him in my ear. >> you can't miss a minute. >> so you cut deeply into his first hour of ratings. >> i do. >> therefore it is my job to deliver to you what rush has said today. i
debate left him confused. >> last night you saw governor romney rushing to agree with the president on iraq, afghanistan, syria. he disavowed the foreign policy he's been running on for the past two years, just like that. half the time i didn't know whether governor romney was there to debate barack obama or endorse barack obama. it was hard to tell. >> 59.2 million television viewers watched last night's debate, down from 65.6 million who watched the second presidential debate. a...
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this is what governor romney said last night at the debate. >> i just note that i don't believe that bureaucrats in washington should tell someone whether they can use contraceptives or not or employers whether they can have contraceptive care or not. every women in america should have access to contraceptives and the president's statement of my policy is completely and totally wrong. >> however, governor romney last february repeatedly asked did his staff, that he did support the blunt amendment. the blunt amendment -- after initially saying he didn't. he said he did. that was his final word on it. the blunt amendment as written would have given employers the right to declare a moral or religious waiver, an opt out if you will, of providing employer provided contraceptive care in their insurance. so, wasn't had he misstating his own position last night? >> not in any way. governor romney is both a strong supporter of religious freedom and also believes in access to contraception for american women. so there was no -- >> where is the access -- where is the access? if you are a women
this is what governor romney said last night at the debate. >> i just note that i don't believe that bureaucrats in washington should tell someone whether they can use contraceptives or not or employers whether they can have contraceptive care or not. every women in america should have access to contraceptives and the president's statement of my policy is completely and totally wrong. >> however, governor romney last february repeatedly asked did his staff, that he did support the...
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last night the romney/ryan effort was exposed as a shield for the extreme far right and vice president biden drove that point home again and again today, campaigning right in ryan's home state of wisconsin. >> it was made clear last night that they don't believe in protecting a woman's access to health care. it was made very clear that they do not believe a woman has a right to control her own body. these are are the folks who talk about 47% of the american people being unwilling to take responsibility. of it's time romney and ryan say we're going to level the playing field. we're going to give you a fair shot again. >> paul ryan has been saying he wanted a big debate. well, last night he got one and today their whole dishonest campaign is sorry he did. joining me now, dana milbank for "the washington post" and marge. >> nowhere more than when biden nailed him on the gop's attack on the stimulus. watch. >> i love my friend here. i'm not allowed to show letters but go to our website. he sent me two letters saying, by the way, can you send me some stimulus money for here in the state of
last night the romney/ryan effort was exposed as a shield for the extreme far right and vice president biden drove that point home again and again today, campaigning right in ryan's home state of wisconsin. >> it was made clear last night that they don't believe in protecting a woman's access to health care. it was made very clear that they do not believe a woman has a right to control her own body. these are are the folks who talk about 47% of the american people being unwilling to take...
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this is why mitt romney can't be let off the hook in the debate tomorrow night. but it's hard to press him on these issues when he doesn't even answer the questions. here it is. >> what is the biggest misconception about you in the public debate right now? >> we'll have to create more jobs, have less debt and shrink the size of government. >> misconceptions about you? >> you get to ask the questions you want and i get to give the answers i want. >> i hope there's a moment like that tomorrow night. not going to be easy for jim lehrer. even if romney won't answer for them, it needs to be spelled out loud and clear to the american people who have been lied to. mitt romney has not been straight with americans on where he stands and where he wants to take the country and there's no better platform than for the president to take him to the house. how can you expect him to be straight with you as president when he can't even run his own campaign? get your cell phones out. tonight's question, will mitt romney continue his campaign of lies at tomorrow's debate? text a for
this is why mitt romney can't be let off the hook in the debate tomorrow night. but it's hard to press him on these issues when he doesn't even answer the questions. here it is. >> what is the biggest misconception about you in the public debate right now? >> we'll have to create more jobs, have less debt and shrink the size of government. >> misconceptions about you? >> you get to ask the questions you want and i get to give the answers i want. >> i hope there's a...
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>> well, governor romney had a good night. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night. but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. governor romney went through a lot of trouble to try to hide what his positions are because he knows that those ideas have been rejected. they won't work. and if you make an honest presentation about what he's proposed, he will lose. the american people are not going to go back there. >> tonight though belongs to the running mates. joe biden will face off gong congressman paul ryan making his debut on a national debate stage. the vice president, of course, has more experience. polling shows his opponent has the advantage of popularity. a new poll shows a majority of voters view the vice president unfavorably. the congressman ryan, 40% view him unfavorably, 44% view him favorably. polls show expectations for vice president biden's performance in kentucky fairly low, perhaps an advantage for him, 40% say they expect congressman ryan wil
>> well, governor romney had a good night. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night. but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. governor romney went through a lot of trouble to try to hide what his positions are because he knows that those ideas have been rejected. they won't work. and if you make an honest presentation about what he's proposed, he will lose. the american people...
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also a night for vice president biden who went after mitt romney here on his stance on the auto bailout. >> he was willing to let detroit go bankrupt. i think he saw it the bain way. i mean this sincerely. he saw it in terms of balance sheets and write offs. folks, the bain way may bring your firm the highest profits, but it's not the way to lead our country from the highest office. >> to help us separate fact from fiction is the "the washington post" fact checker. good to see you. good morning. as we did last week with mitt romney's speech we want to remind everybody you don't assign -- joe biden said mitt romney was willing to let detroit go bankrupt. >> there was a headline on an opinion article that romney wrote that used the word bankruptcy let detroit go bankrupt but he was talking about a managed bankruptcy, essentially what the obama administrations ended up doing. however most experts do say that if managed bankruptcy had been tried at the time romney suggested it, it probably wouldn't have worked. >> the vice president attacked mitt romney's tax plan. let me play that. >> gove
also a night for vice president biden who went after mitt romney here on his stance on the auto bailout. >> he was willing to let detroit go bankrupt. i think he saw it the bain way. i mean this sincerely. he saw it in terms of balance sheets and write offs. folks, the bain way may bring your firm the highest profits, but it's not the way to lead our country from the highest office. >> to help us separate fact from fiction is the "the washington post" fact checker. good to...
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want to do if he becomes president because the person who showed up wednesday night, mitt romney, is not exactly the person who has been on that campaign trail for the last year. >> well, mitt romney, to be fair, does love big bird. he just doesn't want the government to pay for big bird's nest. >> sure. >> so when we talk, chris, about what we're seeing from the president, is the wind at his back moving forward and, again, we are anticipating mitt romney's speech later in the hour in virginia. >> well, i mean, the jobs report clearly has helped, but i have been saying this for a while. this is a very volatile race, and, you know, clearly i think the debate helped the romney campaign. they were in -- they were on their deathbed, and it's resurrected him to some extent, but, you know, there is still enormous amount of time left but the stakes i would say for the next debate are really high for both candidates. because for romney to have any chance of kind of building his momentum, he has to do well. if the president can have a strong performance and he can have, as you just saw in tha
want to do if he becomes president because the person who showed up wednesday night, mitt romney, is not exactly the person who has been on that campaign trail for the last year. >> well, mitt romney, to be fair, does love big bird. he just doesn't want the government to pay for big bird's nest. >> sure. >> so when we talk, chris, about what we're seeing from the president, is the wind at his back moving forward and, again, we are anticipating mitt romney's speech later in the...
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take a look at this, more of the president hitting romney last night. >> oscar's hiding out in his trash can. we're cracking down on him. governor romney's plan is to let wall street run wild again, but he's going to bring the hammer down on "sesame street." >> republicans already hitting back on this as we saw with john mccain. so, this detour through sesame street, is that really a wise way to try to put some upheaval in romney's trajectory toward pennsylvania avenue? i mean, this strategy, talking about big bird. >> yeah, well, look at it this way, the debate was so dispiriting for the president's base that, you know, this is the one thing when you played the clip of the president making the big bird joke, what happened? tons of laughter. this is something that i'm sure the campaign realizes the base likes it, it gets them re-energized and refocused, and keep in mind -- >> doesn't it remind them, though, of what a stinky debate it was for president obama? i mean, doesn't it take you back to all of this, that this was a lackluster performance for a man who wants to keep his job? >> rig
take a look at this, more of the president hitting romney last night. >> oscar's hiding out in his trash can. we're cracking down on him. governor romney's plan is to let wall street run wild again, but he's going to bring the hammer down on "sesame street." >> republicans already hitting back on this as we saw with john mccain. so, this detour through sesame street, is that really a wise way to try to put some upheaval in romney's trajectory toward pennsylvania avenue? i...
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what we saw last night is we have no idea where mitt romney stands. the president, you may disagree with parts of it, but projecting strength, it was a role reversal for democrats. >> i thought he was going to revert back to dick cheney highlight films and say we're not on a war footing. he could have pulled out the old rhetoric and slipped it past a lot of people. why didn't he take that direction? >> the president doesn't like the whole e politics of fear. i don't know that mitt romney -- when you saw him come up with the details about mali and the terrorist threat in mali or the state of the navy in the first world war, this is a guy who has been cramming on the briefing books and had no real plan. >> richard wolffe, great to have you with us, thanks so much. remember to answer tonight's question. share your thoughts on twitter @edshow and on facebook. >>> coming up, with only two weeks remaining, what must they do to win? what do they have to do to win? karen finney and e.j. dionne coming up with the discussion. >>> coming up, the obama camp shows
what we saw last night is we have no idea where mitt romney stands. the president, you may disagree with parts of it, but projecting strength, it was a role reversal for democrats. >> i thought he was going to revert back to dick cheney highlight films and say we're not on a war footing. he could have pulled out the old rhetoric and slipped it past a lot of people. why didn't he take that direction? >> the president doesn't like the whole e politics of fear. i don't know that mitt...
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what mitt romney did not win last night is next in the rewrite. add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> at this very minute. the news minute on tv and online the news media were flooding you with information about who won the debate. i used to be one of those guys. i knew for sure that john kerry won all three of his debates against george bush. but of course he didn't. this is a good time to think about what it means to win a debate. in high school and college debates there are judges to decide which debaters who actually won. those debates have real winners. winners who get real trophies. no one got a trophy but plenty of people guessed at who would have gotten a trophy. the question is they were debating for votes and those votes wouldn't be counted until next month. so all of the winner talk you have withbeen hearing is just guessing and all of the guessers have been wrong before. my guess is about who won debates have been wrong man
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is it the romney there last night or the romney in the past? do you think he really believes that 2014 is it? or he asks the generals again, do we stay longer? >> we're probably going to end up with some sort of a residual force, but right now close to 70,000. if we end up with 10,000 or 15,000 in afghanistan, it's not the end of the world. i think it makes sense if we can get a situation where americans and afghans can work together and train together. the biggest problem with afghanistan is people we're training are killing the americans. >> and, willie, that really is -- i did not go to any military colleges, but if you were actually training people to turn around and kill you, that's a bad sign you need to get out of the country. >> i audited a class at west pointe once. >> here we go. we were doing so well. coming up live -- >> what about the giants? we're going to talk about the giants. >> we're going to keep going here. senator john mccain will be here onset. and also romney's sparring partner and debate prep, dr. brzezinski will join us
is it the romney there last night or the romney in the past? do you think he really believes that 2014 is it? or he asks the generals again, do we stay longer? >> we're probably going to end up with some sort of a residual force, but right now close to 70,000. if we end up with 10,000 or 15,000 in afghanistan, it's not the end of the world. i think it makes sense if we can get a situation where americans and afghans can work together and train together. the biggest problem with...
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mitt romney has not appeared on a late night show since winning the nomination. he was on kelly and meekal with his wife online. he talked about not wanting to go on "saturday night live" in the secretly recorded remarks where he said the 47%. why do you think he has such a different strategy? >> well, first of all, i don't think romney is as good as obama on comic timing. the other thing is, you know, there's been a lot of gaffes from the romney campaign when he goes out there and kind of talks ad hoc. right now, there's probably more of a strategy of don't put him in situations where it may be more of a risk. the last time mitt romney was on the "tonight show," jay leno actually gave him this word association game. and he came off it pretty well but i don't think the campaign probably wants to put him in a situation where he's going to say something that's a little bit off kilter and that gets picked up. you know, the stakes get higher and higher as we get closer to the election. we're now in that period where they're trying to close the deal. where things are
mitt romney has not appeared on a late night show since winning the nomination. he was on kelly and meekal with his wife online. he talked about not wanting to go on "saturday night live" in the secretly recorded remarks where he said the 47%. why do you think he has such a different strategy? >> well, first of all, i don't think romney is as good as obama on comic timing. the other thing is, you know, there's been a lot of gaffes from the romney campaign when he goes out there...
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it didn't work well for romney last night. will that issue stick with voters? i'll ask shawn spicer. and our own spin debate room. [ female announcer ] e-trade was founded on the simple belief that bringing you better technology helps make you a better investor. with our revolutionary e-trade 360 dashboard you see exactly where your money is and what it's doing live. our e-trade pro platform offers powerful functionality that's still so usable you'll actually use it. and our mobile apps are the ultimate in wherever whenever investing. no matter what kind of investor you are, you'll find the technology to help you become a better one at e-trade. >>> mitt romney is perpetrating fraud. on the american people. if you take his tax cut and he promises i'm not going to raise the deficit. he promises that the wealthy aren't going to pay a dime less and he promises he'll give the middle class a tax cut. you have a man running for the presidency of the united states on the central issue of our time and he's not being straight with the a
it didn't work well for romney last night. will that issue stick with voters? i'll ask shawn spicer. and our own spin debate room. [ female announcer ] e-trade was founded on the simple belief that bringing you better technology helps make you a better investor. with our revolutionary e-trade 360 dashboard you see exactly where your money is and what it's doing live. our e-trade pro platform offers powerful functionality that's still so usable you'll actually use it. and our mobile apps are the...
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here he is last night. >> looks like it will be mitt romney's night. he has strong leads in massachusetts, vermont, virginia, and idaho. no surprise, the potato state. and mitt is nothing if not pale and starchy. from a purely mathematical standpoint i and my fellow conservatives will eventually yield to the in evidence vicinityability of mitt romney. so jimmy, put the countdown to loving mitt clock up. oh, god. 23 hours, 58 minutes, jimmy, take it down, take it down! it's just bad luck for the bride to see the man you agree to mar marry before you want to. >>> still ahead, the super tuesday theme he tweets, texts and e-mail. "morning joe" moments away.
here he is last night. >> looks like it will be mitt romney's night. he has strong leads in massachusetts, vermont, virginia, and idaho. no surprise, the potato state. and mitt is nothing if not pale and starchy. from a purely mathematical standpoint i and my fellow conservatives will eventually yield to the in evidence vicinityability of mitt romney. so jimmy, put the countdown to loving mitt clock up. oh, god. 23 hours, 58 minutes, jimmy, take it down, take it down! it's just bad luck...
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plus ann romney on leno last night telling jay about the thriftess of her suph sban thlite in the show. first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. and we begin on the campaign trail where exactly one week out nowrom the first presidential debate. and there is brand new polling this morning from three key swing stas twiai roncerns inside the romney campaign. of likely voters, president obama now leads mitt romney by 10 percentage points in the state of ohio. that's a doue digit lead in the state no republican has lost and then won the presiden. thpresen ne psn florida. that is absolutely a must win state for romney. mr. obama now opening up a 12 point lead in pennsylvania according to this poll. that's a state, though, republicans have all but written off. those numbers echo polling from the "shington post" which gav thsi aht pnt advantage in ohio but p him up only four points in the state of florida. ohio in particular shaping up as a critical battleground. mitt romney spending his third consecutive day there. president obama will be in the state th
plus ann romney on leno last night telling jay about the thriftess of her suph sban thlite in the show. first let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. and we begin on the campaign trail where exactly one week out nowrom the first presidential debate. and there is brand new polling this morning from three key swing stas twiai roncerns inside the romney campaign. of likely voters, president obama now leads mitt romney by 10 percentage points in the state of ohio....
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>> well, governor romney had a good night. i had a bad night. >> i think it's fair to say i was just too polite. >> with all due respect, that's a bunch of malarkey. >> he'll say these things to try and scare people. >> nbc news deputy politico editor dominico montinero. it's been an incredible week and, of course, capped off what what we witnessed last night. >> they all felt like long nights, to be honest. this week the libya hearing really dominated until we got that debate last night. it started off with the national polls have started to show mitt romney getting a bit of a bounce. mitt romney made some gains but president obama still with the slight advantage in ohio, that all pitch important state. tomorrow we'll see a lot of campaigning in ohio from the two republican candidates, so that's where they're headed and president obama is down, we assume doing debate prep before tuesday's debate. >> it's interesting. we had on former ohio governor ted strickland on yesterday. he was talking about why he believes the president
>> well, governor romney had a good night. i had a bad night. >> i think it's fair to say i was just too polite. >> with all due respect, that's a bunch of malarkey. >> he'll say these things to try and scare people. >> nbc news deputy politico editor dominico montinero. it's been an incredible week and, of course, capped off what what we witnessed last night. >> they all felt like long nights, to be honest. this week the libya hearing really dominated until...
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mitt romney must accomplish a lot on wednesday night to begin to alter this race across the board. romney's team is loading him up with a bunch of zingers for the debate according to to "the new york times." romney has memorized these zingers and has been practicing them on aids since august. romney obviously did well enough in the primary debates to make it this far, no doubt. although most of his competition wasn't as tough as president obama. romney also had some memorable moments. >> i'll tell you what. $10,000 bet? >> i'm not in the betting business. >> the answer is self-deportation, which is people decide they can do better by going home because they can't find work here because they don't have legal departmentation to allow them to work here. >> i can't have illegals. rick, i'm speaking. i'm speaking. you get 30 seconds. this is the way the rules work here is i get 60 seconds. and then you get 30 seconds to respond, right? >> well, let's bring in democratic strategist chris ko kofinis and susan del percio. i think romney is going to lose his cool. susan, did governor chris
mitt romney must accomplish a lot on wednesday night to begin to alter this race across the board. romney's team is loading him up with a bunch of zingers for the debate according to to "the new york times." romney has memorized these zingers and has been practicing them on aids since august. romney obviously did well enough in the primary debates to make it this far, no doubt. although most of his competition wasn't as tough as president obama. romney also had some memorable moments....
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i care about 100% of america. >> romney tried to make the best of a bad night, mentioning santorum by name, which was not in his prepared remarks. >> this was a good night for rick santorum. i want to congratulate senator santorum, wish him the very best. we'll keep on campaigning, but i expect to become your nominee with your help. >> he previewed the attack that he's a creature of washington. >> washingtonic will never be reformed by those compromised by the culture of washington. this is a clear choice. i'm the only person in this race, republican or democrat, who has never served a day of time in washington. >> and in what may have been looked like an awkward moment to some, he tried to neutralize the issue with the story of his father, george romney, who ran an auto company, a former governor and former cabinet secretary. >> my father apprenticed as a lath and plaster carpenter. he was pretty good. he could take a handful of nails, stick them in his mouth and stick them out. on his money moon he puts aluminum paint in the trunk of the car and sold it along the way to pay for the
i care about 100% of america. >> romney tried to make the best of a bad night, mentioning santorum by name, which was not in his prepared remarks. >> this was a good night for rick santorum. i want to congratulate senator santorum, wish him the very best. we'll keep on campaigning, but i expect to become your nominee with your help. >> he previewed the attack that he's a creature of washington. >> washingtonic will never be reformed by those compromised by the culture of...
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he said last night, the fact is romney said he's identical with ryan on the whole health care issue. and that to me is amazing. >> i don't think michael's arguing with that. i think he's saying that romney's going the wrong thing. they should have been on the same page since the beginning. romney should have said if you're running with me, here are the parameters. he got it in a struggle against the weakest field of candidates in modern history in either party. he had to say he endorsed the ryan budget, that it was marvelous. that he would sign it. and if he tries to back away from it, and that's what a lot of republican pros hope, he's going to get some real blowback from the base and the right wing. so i think if you get a romney/ryan presidency, you're going to see an attempt to voucherize medicare. you're going to see an attempt to privatize social security. you're going to see taxes roll back to zero on interest and investment income. and mitt romney is going to pay less than 1% in taxes on $21 million in income. that's not the election the republicans should have wanted to have
he said last night, the fact is romney said he's identical with ryan on the whole health care issue. and that to me is amazing. >> i don't think michael's arguing with that. i think he's saying that romney's going the wrong thing. they should have been on the same page since the beginning. romney should have said if you're running with me, here are the parameters. he got it in a struggle against the weakest field of candidates in modern history in either party. he had to say he endorsed...
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kind of a late night. >> it was a late night and a late finish for mitt romney last night at around 11:00, you looked at the map and you could say at 11:00 when a lot of america was going to sleep that the only state that mitt romney won outside of his home state that was contested was massachusetts. of course he won virginia, which really wasn't contested. and vermont. but look what happened by the end of the night. ohio falls into his column. >> yeah. >> and let's go back and remember what rick santorum said. a win's a win, and a win is a win. so mitt romney now can say i won michigan, i won ohio. you put virginia in that column, won alaska, won idaho. so by the end of the night, in about three hour's time, mark mckinnon, this night went from a very, very disappointing night for mitt romney to a night where he could say i win the most states, i got the most votes, and most importantly, i brought in the most delegates. >> he can't. everybody can say they got something out of last night. but romney got the most delegates. he did what he needed to do. "what it takes." romney does what i
kind of a late night. >> it was a late night and a late finish for mitt romney last night at around 11:00, you looked at the map and you could say at 11:00 when a lot of america was going to sleep that the only state that mitt romney won outside of his home state that was contested was massachusetts. of course he won virginia, which really wasn't contested. and vermont. but look what happened by the end of the night. ohio falls into his column. >> yeah. >> and let's go back...
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governor romney had a good flight. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night, but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. >> is it possible you handed him the election that night? >> no. >> you're going to win? >> yes. >> don't expect joe biden to make the same mistake. the campaign says the veep will come out forcefully against the romney/ryan record and address the quote dishonesties pedalled last week. offering advice for number two the president said -- >> tomorrow night? >> well, i -- you know, i think joe needs to be joe. >> for what it's worth, the president is probably hoping that joe isn't the same joe who occasionally suffers from bouts of acute honesty on a variety of topics like gay marriage. >> he got out a little bit over his skis, but out of generosity, spirit. >> joining us now from chicago, national press secretary for the obama campaign, ben "the thunder" labolt. >> new nickname every time. thanks for having me. >> thunder bolt or thund
governor romney had a good flight. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night, but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. >> is it possible you handed him the election that night? >> no. >> you're going to win? >> yes. >> don't expect joe biden to make the same mistake. the campaign says the veep will come out forcefully against the romney/ryan record and...
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that part's true. >>> governor romney had a bad case of romnesia last night. it really hit him during the exchange of the auto bailout. when he said he would do nothing to hurt the u.s. auto industry and would not liquidate the industry. it was like he completely forgot telling the whole industry to go bankrupt. the president says he was air brushing history. why? because the auto bailout impacted hundreds of thousands of jobs in a state romney desperately needs to win. ohio. without ohio, it will be extremely difficult for him to win. but here's the thing. what he said was full of holes and today in ohio, the president drove an american-made mack truck through the romney magnet. >> last night mitt romney looked you in the eye, be me in the eye, tried to pretend never let detroit go bankrupt, pretended like somehow i have taken his advice. the people don't forget. the people in dayton don't forget. the people of ohio don't forget. if mitt romney had been president when the auto industry was on the verge of collapse, we might not have an american auto industry
that part's true. >>> governor romney had a bad case of romnesia last night. it really hit him during the exchange of the auto bailout. when he said he would do nothing to hurt the u.s. auto industry and would not liquidate the industry. it was like he completely forgot telling the whole industry to go bankrupt. the president says he was air brushing history. why? because the auto bailout impacted hundreds of thousands of jobs in a state romney desperately needs to win. ohio. without...
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if this president gets down in the ditch tomorrow night, does that give romney more license to get even dirtier? more aggressive? >> i think david corn is right that he's not going to get down in the pits like that, but he can be just as direct and powerful without sort of lowering it to that standard. that's not who he is. i doubt very much that he would do that. first of all, he has a certain sensibility of himself as president, a little bit even of grandeur about it. he doesn't like to be -- to lower it in that sense. i'm not expecting that. i'm just expecting him to be more direct and using the opportunity of the town hall to also be warmer with the audience and more direct with them. >> would you say he's going to hit the points like 47%? would he use points like vouchers? would he say bankrupt? you know the magic words we talk about. they're our lingo here. do you think he will use those magic bullets in this debate? one last question to you, david maraniss. >> david corn can answer part of that better than i can about 47% certainly but, yes, he has to hit those points. that's wha
if this president gets down in the ditch tomorrow night, does that give romney more license to get even dirtier? more aggressive? >> i think david corn is right that he's not going to get down in the pits like that, but he can be just as direct and powerful without sort of lowering it to that standard. that's not who he is. i doubt very much that he would do that. first of all, he has a certain sensibility of himself as president, a little bit even of grandeur about it. he doesn't like to...
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i think romney took advantage of that somewhat, you know, last night. obama wanted a slug fest on these issues. i think that romney ended up clenching him a lot as you would in a fight and i think that -- the president was left to accuse romney of being a flip flopper, but if he changed he was changing to positions that were more sustainable and popular. and more mainstream in some ways and that i think ends up to his advantage. that is the nature of the foreign policy debates. >> now about turnout and early voting. sure and look, i actually think a lot of talk about momentum in this race where the momentum is and isn't. the race has returned to where it with you before the conventions. >> i agree with that. >> i told some of my democratic friends after the conventions ended and the president opened up a slight lead, don't believe it we have to run this race. >> you had no idea he was going to blow the first debate? >> the president has talked about his performance in the first debate. regardless, i think the race has tightened and it's even and i think
i think romney took advantage of that somewhat, you know, last night. obama wanted a slug fest on these issues. i think that romney ended up clenching him a lot as you would in a fight and i think that -- the president was left to accuse romney of being a flip flopper, but if he changed he was changing to positions that were more sustainable and popular. and more mainstream in some ways and that i think ends up to his advantage. that is the nature of the foreign policy debates. >> now...
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romney worked both those strategies last night and mr. romney, of course, won the debate, on style, on presentation, he won on demeanor. now day two is the attempted cleanup for things he actually said. today has been a day of mr. romney's campaign saying he did not mean what he said about people with pre-existing conditions being able to get health insurance. his campaign said today he does not have a plan for that even though he said he did. the romney campaign today said he did not mean what he said about half the energy companies supported by the obama administration going bankrupt. he didn't actually mean that. sort of rolled over from democratic and liberal bewilderment last night that mr. romney was abandoning his main economic plan that he was running on, his $5 trillion tax cut plan, his big trickle-down plan, to be rolled over from democrats being bewildered about that to the beltway press and mainstream pundits i think now having a hard time deciding whether they are supposed to call that a lie or whether they're supposed to ju
romney worked both those strategies last night and mr. romney, of course, won the debate, on style, on presentation, he won on demeanor. now day two is the attempted cleanup for things he actually said. today has been a day of mr. romney's campaign saying he did not mean what he said about people with pre-existing conditions being able to get health insurance. his campaign said today he does not have a plan for that even though he said he did. the romney campaign today said he did not mean what...